Dr. Joseph M. Manfreda

Taught At High School

November 24, 1994

Dr. Joseph M. Manfreda, a teacher at Lyman Hall High School in Wallingford for many years and a former member of the Wallingford school board, died Tuesday at his home. He was 75.

Dr. Manfreda, a Wallingford resident, served on the school board from 1982 to 1983. He was chairman of the Lyman Hall social studies department for more than 25 years until he retired in 1981. He had previously taught at the former Colony Street School in Wallingford for several years, and had also taught courses at the University of Connecticut.

He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He earned a bachelor of science degree from Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, a master's degree from Trinity College in Hartford and a doctorate in education and political science, with distinction, from the University of Connecticut.

A parishioner of Most Holy Trinity Church, he had also been a member of the Wallingford Kiwanis Club, the Wallingford Country Club and the American Association of Retired Persons.

Callng hours at the Yalesville Funeral Home, 386 Main St., Yalesville section of Wallingford, will be Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. A funeral Mass will be held Saturday at noon at Most Holy Trinity Church, Wallingford, with burial, with military honors, in St. John Cemetery.